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- University of Edinburgh lecturers began a five-week strike over budget cuts and compulsory redundancies.
- UCU warned the cuts could cause 1,800 job losses after 950 staff have already left.
- Principal Sir Peter Mathieson, earning over £400,000, cited £140 million cuts and £1 billion assets as pressures.
- UCU co-president Cecile Menard said management could end the strike by halting redundancies and cutting non-staff budgets.